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Would writing on the eggs with a sharpie harm them? Or is it best to just use a pencil? Some of the darker eggs a pencil mark is hard to see.
 
We write on them with sharpies... And we know someone who works with birds and uses them with no problem...on the large end...
 
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I used sharpie b/c I can't ever seem to find a pencil... Anyhow, the first hatch I used a green sharpie and hatched out 100%, the second had messed up humidity but the sharpie didn't affect that hatch either and I have duck and chicken eggs in the bator now written on w/ sharpie and they are developing wonderfully!
 
I only use pencil but I have hatched shipped eggs that were written on with a marker and they developed and hatched out wonderful.
 
I don't fear the Sharpie...

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I use a pencil because of the dire warnings I've read about markers leaching through the shell and killing the embryo.

After reading everyone's replies, I think I'll start using a sharpie - it sure would be easier to see!

Now that I think about it, the sharpie solvent evaporates almost instantly so it wouldn't have time to migrate through.
 

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